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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-10-19
ANALOGIES IN NATURE.

"Why should it be thought with
you an incredible thing that God
should raise the dead?" Things all
around US suggest it. On what grew
all these flowers? Out Of the mould
and the earth. Resurrected The
radiant butterfly, where does it come
from? The loathsome caterpillar.
That alabatross that smites the tenn
pest with its wing, where did it come
from? A senseless shell. Near Ber-
gerac, France, in Celtic tomb under
block, were found flower-seeds that
had been buried two thousand years.
The explorer took the flower-seed and
planted it, and it came up it bloom
ed in bluebell and heliotrope. Two
thousand years ago buried, yet res
urrected. A traveller says he found
in mummy pit in Egypt, garden
peas that had been buried there three
thousand years ago. He brought
them out, and on the fourth of June,
1874, he planted them, and in thirty
days they sprang up. Buried three
thousand years, yet resurrected.
"Why should it be thought thing
incredible with you that God should
Where did all thissil come from
the silk that adorns your person and
your homes? In the hollow of a staff
a Greek missionary brought from
China to Europe the progenitors Of
those worms that now supply the silk
markets of many nations. The pa
geantry of hammered hosts and the
luxurious articles of commercial en-
porium blazing out from the silk
worms. And who shall be surprised
if out of this insignificant earthly
life, our bodies unfold into something
worthy of the coming eternities?
Put silver into diluted nitre and it
dissolves. Isthe silver gone forever:
No. Put in it some pieces of copper
and the silver reappears. Ifone force
dissolves another force organizes.
"Why should it be thought thing
incredible with you that God should
raise the dead ?'' The insects few
and the worms crawled last autumn
feebler and feebler and then stopped.
They have taken no food, they want
none. They lay dormant and insen.
sible, but soon the south wind will
blow the resurrection trumpet, and
the air and the earth will be full of
them. Do you not think that God
can do as much for our bodies as He
does for the wasps and the spiders
and the snails? This morning at
half.past four o'clock, there was a
resurrection. Out of night, the day.
A few weeks ago there was a resur.
rection in all our gardens. Why
not some day a resurrection amid all
the graves? -Idlnadge.
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BURGLARS AND CHL0R0FORM.


A correspondent asks this ques.
ton, and were we to answer from
our general knowledge obtained
from reading the newspaper ac-
counts of burglaries and robberies
committed while the inmates Of the
house are fast asleep, or base our
opinion on the very uncertain know
ledge derived from reading novels,
we should answer in the affirmative.
Our knowledge of the characteristics
of chloroform and its physiological ac-
tion on the human system, however,
make us answer decidedly in the neg
ative. This is probably a question
about which it would be difficult to
convince the public, but facts are
very stubborn things. Careful in
quiries among the detectives and
police authorities have failed to
show one single instance where these
officials, after careful examinations,
have become personally convinced
that persons robbed have been chlo-
reformed. All have heard of such
cases, but not one has come within
their own knowledge. Having 50
far convinced ourselves that these
cases do not occur, we will look
little further and try to prove that
chloroforming a person while asleep
is impossible for sound physiological
reasons. Chloroform, as all physi-
clans know, is a decided cerebral
stimulant; that is, it is really con-
centrated alcohol, administed by in
halation, and produces intoXication.
All physicians who, have ever ad-
ministered chloroform to patient
know what resistance they encoun-
tered. Any sleeping adult not un-
der the influence of powerful hyp-
motto, would certainly be awakened
if an attempt were made to make
him inhale chloroform. Besides all
this, we are always told that the per-
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diminish the price," The nearer
they were to the jubilee year the
cheaper they were to sell their land.
So the nearer you come to the end of
your days you ought to hold earthly
things more loosely and prize heav-
enly things more highly. When
your business day is drawing to a
close, you hasten to conclude your
work, dispatching sometimes in an
hour more than in all the day that
went before.
When Napoleon went on the field
of Marengo it was late in the after
noon, and he saw that the battle was
really lost, but looking at the Wes-
tern sun, he said: "There is just
time to recover the day!" and CIV
ing out his orders with rapid and
characteristic energy, he turned de-
feat into victory. So, although your
sun is near to setting, there is time to
recover the day. Avail yourself of
the eventide lest your life end in
eternal failure.-1he Rev.. VIM. NJ.
Taylor, p. d., in "Joseph as Prime
Minister ~
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great talker, and Job was actually dumb, 81
that lived in a dream, and it was dream
Of the past. ..r.. . .,.tr'

great talker, and Job was actually dumb, SO
that lived in dream, and it was dream
of the past. ,.. ,a" ~
One night could not sleep. It was in the
middle Of August, when there is little dark
ness on the sea, but only luminous twilight
I rose about midnight, and dressed myself
quickly, thinking 1 should escape Dams at
tentions, and stole down stairs into the open
air, just as had done two years and half
before, to watch for the return Of the Dane
ing Polly. It was not, as then, rough and
boisterous night; there had been all day q
fresh breeze blowing from the southeast
This had died away and there was little air
left. slowly passed down the well known
path, to sit by the shore and think of my
poor dead Will. I sat there while the night
slipped away. was facing the mouth Of the
little creek, looking straight out to sea.
When the morning broke there was light
fog upon the water, which the sun, when it
rose, colored with beautiful hue, changing
every minute. I remembered then-heaven
knows how! THAT it was the 14th Of August,
aud three years, since first I saw my Will.
As gazed seaward, looking through the fog,
| became aware Of a ghost. <
:. 1t was the ghost OF boat shining in the
golden mist, all gorgeous with colors. The
hull was yellow and blue and crimson, the
colors changing every moment; the sail
looked like sheet of azure silk, and the
spirit who stood behind the mast-it was the
spirit of my Will-was all glorifed. stood
quite still, fearing that the vision would fade.
had often, before this, seen him in dreams
Of the night, but never in the broad day, and
in dreams he vanished SO swiftly that could
never find time to speak to him. The boass
seemed, at first, to be floating Oh the water
but she was not. In the light air OF the
morning she was slowly making for the land
and presently she passed through the mist,
and lost all the gorgeous colors which the fog
had lent her. But the ghost OF my Will re-
manned, pale, as all ghosts OF drowned men
should be. He saw me, as the bow OF the
Boat grated on the stones-he cried my name
he threw up his arms-he leaped ashore.
"Oh, Will Will" cried, falling upon my
kness before him, "let me speak to you. DO
not 20 away, as you do in the dreams. Let
me speak to you. I know you would some
day think of me and come up from the grave:
Oh, what am to say, now you ore herei
What can say, dear Will poor Will my
dead lovc, my lost darling! come from
heaven to comfort my poor heort2 Oh, it is
breaking viii, it is breaking with grief
and pain!"
"Pleasance," he cried, lifting me in his
strong arms and folding me to his heart,
"Pleasance, I am not deed-I am no ghost,
nv darling. I am come back to you again,
alive-alive. Can you not understand Oh,
my love, my darling"
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A SHORT SERMoN.-What a mania
people have for gossiping! Nowon-
der the divine writer said, "Bridle
the tongue" What a disposition to
talk about persons instead of things.
But then this is easily accounted for
when we remember that any fool
can talk about persons, but 1t re-
uuires sense to discuss things. There
are few people in every place who
seem to delight in running about
and telling every little thing they
hear, and the worst of it all is that
they do not always confine them
selves to the truth. With some 1t
has grown to a disease. They just
must talk about somebody. It is
great source of evil to q town or
community, and the devil wants no
better agency than this to accom-
plish his design, and the person so
engaged is doing for the devil what
he won't do himself. Stop talking
about people, and 60 to reading and
studying and learn to talk about
things.
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BE UsEFUL.-To every good and
useful thing there are always certain
valid objections, which could not be
raised if that thing were any less
good or useful than it is. The quail
ty that gives to any person peculiar
value in one place, or at one time, is
pretty sure to be the very quality
that makes him just as peculiarly
undesirable in another place or at an
other time. The man of social dis
position is more likely to incommode
others by untimely visits than the
recluse who seldom or never visits at
all but the recluse is corresponding
ly as useless a member of society as
the social man is useful. The man
who is capable of fervor when fervor
is needed, is likely to bea man who
is hot-headed and rash when cool
ness and deliberation are needed
but society can better put up with
rashness than it can get along with
out fervor. In the ripening of the
summer grain there is the element
of the sunstroke but the world can
better afford to take the risks of sun
stroke than it can to be without
grain. One who would be useful in
the world must take the risk of being
an occasional annoyance or obstruc-
ton.
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Seletted gaetrg.
/ WONDER.

Il
Iwonder when that day will be,
When death shall come to tell to me.
The story that we all must hear?
When, with silence drawing near
Ifeei my hold on earth so weak
My pale lips have no power to speak
or anguish or of ecstacy.
Ah, lowly house the grasses under,
When will ye ope to welcome me
Your silent guest to be, l wonder!
I Iwonder If it will be spring,
When o. 'er my head the birds will sing
Their first sweet song not set to words!
And which of all the many birds
Will be the first to carol there,
-WhenI, forever done with care,
Just like child tired out at play,
Sleep all the night and all the day
So peacefully my green roof under,
Will It be autumn-time or May,
Wiater or summer time, I wonder?
I.wonder if shall be glad
10 leave the pain long have had?
Or, If from friends who love me so,
But with reluctance shall &c?
90 out upon that journey long
Sovoiceiess shall sing no song,
Ah. chain of life's fair warp and woof,
When will your bright links droE
asunder3
When will nleep beneath the roof
Thatched with the yiolets, wonder?
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GEN. LEES BIBLE,

twenty-five years ago a regiment
of Maine soldiers were encamped on
Arlington Heights, and the boys,
understanding thatanything belong
ing to the Confederates was common
property and, therefore, subject to
confscation, ransacked the old Lee
Mansion pretty thoroughly. They
captured old pipes and cigars and
everything that was portable. Of
course, they did not need many of
these things. Such articles which
had belonged to Gen. Lee had a
peculiar interest and were very de-
sirable. One soldier who had ar
rived after the desirable articles had
been taken, found the old family
Bible and sent it down East to his
home in Maine. There were Bibles
in Maine, but none like this. After
the war was over this soldier return
ed home, and found to his surprise
that the Bible contained all the usu-
al ingredients, including the ten
commandments and Apocrypha, but
in addition to these, between the Old
and New Testaments, was COM
plete family record, giving the histo-
ry of the Lee family for the past two
hundred years.
The soldier was sorry that he had
taken the book, but too proud to ac-
knowledge the fault, and so held his
peace. In the meanwhile biogra-
pliers were at work on the life of
Gen. Lee, and certain dates regard
ing the birth 'and marriage of his
ancestors were wanting. If an old
family Bible could be found it would
afford the necessary information.
Advertisements were inserted in all
the papers, and by and by came a
letter from Maine saying the Bible
was in the possession of a soldiers
widow, who would gladly restore it
to the owner. Before the property
could be recovered, however, the
widow died, and then came another
long waituntil the estate was settled.
But at last the book was fully iden-
titled and turned over to messen-
ger, who passed through Boston yes
terday carrying it to its place at
Arlington Heights. The foolish act
of a boy soldier has hindered the
completion of an important histori-
cal work for years, but the Bible is
at last restored to its owner, and the
biographer can now complete his
task.-BOst0n Globe.
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CHIVALRY OF PHIL. KEARNY.-
Our recent correction of the state
ment about the death of Gen. Phil.
Kearney may create desire among
some of our readers to know more
about him. He was one of the most
gallant and chivalrous soldiers ever
born on American soil. After his
appointment to the 1st Z. S. Dra-
goons from the profession of law he
was soon afterWard sent by the gov
ernment to Europe to report upon
French cavalry tactics. He entered
the military school at Saumer, went
as q volunteer in the chasseurs to
Algeria and was awarded the cross
of the legion of honor for his conspic-
uous gallantry. On his return to
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Work Now.-Young man, do not
leave it to a future day, but do it
now. Man of middle age, you have
o vivid sense of the rapidity with
which your years haye gone, but
they will 60 just as rapily in the
future as in the past. Man of old
age, you have to make haste-you
have no time to lose.
The ancient law said concerning
the sale of an estate: "According
to the number of the years thou shalt
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OLD TIMES IN TENNESSEE.

Great houses were built and filled
to overfloWing in Greenville with
great piles of light bread and pies of
every description, and great bitches
were dug in which to barbecue hun
dreds of beeves and sheep, and tables
a mile long were filled with every
thing good to eat in the memorable
campaign of 1910, when Andrew
Johnson and William G. Brownlow
were the champions of the Demo-
cratic and old Whig parties. An
drew johnson was tailor and made
the suit that he was inaugurated
Governor in.
Along the present line of the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
Railroad, the old stage coach was the
only mode of public conveyance ex-
cept the old flat-bottom boat that
calmly waited for freshet to float it
down to the mouth of the Tennessee
river. Goods were hauled from
Augusta, Georgia, in a six-horse
wagon, making the round trip in
six weeks. Salt was hauled from
the "salt works" in Virginia, costing
twenty-five cents a bushel. Land
plaster was taken out of the "plaster
bank" in the vicinity of the salt
works, in Jumps weighing many
tons, broken up and sold at the bank
for $3.50 per ton, and sold when
ground up at 500 per ton, and was
the only commercial fertilizer used.
Sown upon red clover in the Spring
at the rate of 200 bushels per acre it
produced a rank growth upon the
very poorest land.
Almost everything upon the table
was "home-made." The finest ap-
pie and peach butter was made by
boiling down sweet cider and thick
ening it with apples or peaches.
When cool it could be sliced like
cheese. The finest molasses I ever
saw was made from the sugar maple ;
boiled a little thicker it made the
famous maple sugar that we used to
carry in our pockets and give to our
sWeethearts. Buckwheat cakes and
molasses was a common breakfast
dish; twenty bushels of buckwheat
to the acre was grown on this land.
Molasses was also made from apples,
persimmons and pumpkins. Cider
was boiled down and kept sweet all
the Winter. Even small farmers
would kill twenty-five to thirty hogs.
The rivers were so full of fish that it
took two men to carry them, and
they were caught in fall traps during
a freshet. There were no telegraphS
nor telephones then, and letter pos
tage | believe was twenty-five cents,
paid when the letter was taken from
the office. Goose quills were used
for pens, and much of the ink was
from pokeberries.
l never saw Il "tWister," shuck
collar, or double lines to plow-horse
in Tennessee, and rarely ever saw a
two horse wagon. Corn husking,
apple cutting and sugar making gave
ample opportunities for social en-
j0yments. There was no axle grease
then, but the "tar bucket" hung
from every wagon coupling pole.
Wheat was "tramped out" with
horses in the barn floor and cleaned
with windmill. Rye was threshed
out with a fail. Taxes were collect
ed by the Sheriff, while on the rounds
on other business. The college con-
sumed one day in examinations be-
fore allth trustees and only one day
in defamation the rate of tuition
was 81 per month, DIVIDED between
the President and Vice-President.
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H4 A coquette is woman 'thout
any heart that makes a fool o. a man
without any head.
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HAYES GOOD INTENTION TO.
WARDS THE SoUTH.-Hon. Guy NJ.
Bryan, ante-bellum member of Con.
gress from the Galveston, Texas, dis,
trict, and class-mate of eX-President
Hayes at Kenyon College, in COM
munication to the Galveston Ne,cs
regarding Gen. Hayes and the man.
ner Of his election to the presidency,
makes new and interesting state
ment touching the personal views
of President Hayes toward the South
following and during the great presi-
Dental crisis. Colonel Bryan says :
"Shortly after Gen. Hayes was inau-
gurated president he wrote me to
come to Washington, saying, you
can help me- l was his guest du-
ring the adjustment of the troubles
in Louisiana and South Carolina.
He confided in and trusted me. He
told me then what his difficulties
were, and that they were inherited
from his predecessor. EIe said: 1T
is not my place, but that of the legis-
lature Of each State to determine on
questions which circumstances bring
here to me for my action. I am de-
termined that the legislature shall
not be trammelled by the military,
for the troops shall be removed, as
soon as am informed the legislature
is organized"
Commenting on these resolutions
of the President, Colonel Bryan says {:
"At this day one can scarcely realize
or appreciate the courage and patri-
otism that were required to enter
tain, to avow, and act upon such
opinions that would restore home
rule, not only to the people of Loui-
siana and South Carolina, but to the
whole South. His acts were hailed
by the Southern people with enthu-
siasm as the dawn of ANEW era in
reconstruction, and had Southern
Congressman met him half way he
would have been able to have carried
out a policy that would have done
much good to help the prostrated
and suffering South. That he failed
to accomplish as much as he attempt
ed for the South is attributed to the
hostility in his own party, and want
of confidence on the part of Southern
leaders in him."
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pa- A cross old bachelor suggests
that births should be announced un-
der the head of new music.
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CHANCES IN LIFE.-Thisis a good
age to be born in; the infant of to-
day whose life is prolonged to the al
lotted term will see more wonders
than any of his predecessors have
seen, and if the world continues to
progress as fast rs it has been pro-
crossing during the past seventy
years, the opportunities will be before
him of fortunate career. He will
er responsibilities, but the more that
is required of him the stronger will
be his power of achievement. Men
always rise to the occasion. If any
work is to be accomplished, some
body is sure to come forwardand take
itin hand. No matter how arduous
the undertaking, if it is within the
scope of human proves its compile
tion willsnot be suffered to fail. 1t
may be hindered, thwarted, misdi-
rected, but in the end it will he sue
cessful. Rivalry is the powerful mo-
tor by which great enterprises are
impelled, and the zeal with which
men are competing with others for
the foremost places in the domain Of
industry and of art, makes the contest
for superiority intensely exciting.
Everybody wants to be in it ; to stay
out is to be lost sight of. And 80
year by year multitudes Of new aspi-
rants are entering the lists; the strife
for position is increasing, and the re-
suits of the honorable emulation are
exceedingly beneficial.
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AFTER THE BATTLE.-The aspect
of troops of all arms of the service,
writes Colonel J. B. Gandalfo, in the
st. Louis Globe Democrat, is very diff
ferent in battle from the trim and
neat parade appearance, but nowhere
is this difference so marked as in the
artillery. 1t was always most inter-
esting to me to watch a battery going
into action. The artillerymen were
very careful at all times to dress
strictly in accordance with regula-
tions and when a battery took posi-
ton every cannoneer looked as if he
had just prepared himself for inspec-
ton. Nothing could be neater and
more uniform than their appearance.
But this did not last long. AS the
fire began to get hot jacket here
and there would be thrown off; next
the collars would go, and often the
shirts. The men were soon bathed
in perspiration, which they would
hastily brush off with their powder
blackened hands, leaving great marks
wherever they touched themselves.
When the men began to fall and
were carried to the rear by their
comrades, blood stains were added
to the powder marks, and at the close
of the fight the artillerymen, so re-
markable for their fine appearance
at its opening, presented the most
horrible spectacle that can be imag-
ined. But they soon removed all
trace of the fray, and by the next
day were as neat and clean as ever.